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Talbot Inn, Stilton

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:34:38 +0000

The Talbot Inn in Stilton, past and present with the older image possibly dating to the 1940s.

The Talbot is one of Stilton’s oldest public houses, believed to date back back to the late 1600s.

The Blue Bell, Yaxley (c.1904)

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:08:22 +0000

The Blue Bell public house on The Green at Yaxley pictured around 1904 (top) and more recently as a private residence (below).

The name above the door is Whittlesey born Annie Smith who was a multi-tasking baker and innkeeper, presumably doubling up in the bakery building shown on the left in the yard behind the pub.

Palmerston Road, Woodston (c.1908)

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:07:47 +0000

Thanks to Roy Taylor for identifying the location of this one. Roy commented …….

”The photograph in question is a scene in Palmerston Road, Woodston looking South West towards New Road. The fencing on the bottom right bordered the front gardens of the Demontfort Terrace houses. The shop beside the tree was in the 1940/50′s, Beebys Fish and Chip shop, opposite which is Queens Walk. The opening on the right between the fence and the Off Licence shop led to the ‘Jetty’, a pathway that came out on Oundle Road between The Boy’s Head public house and St. Augustines Church.”

I’ve added a Google version of where I think this is today !

The Green, Werrington (c.1919)

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:38:10 +0000

A very quiet view of The Green at Werrington, captured around 1919.

Ham Lane Crossing (Ferry Meadows)

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:29:49 +0000

Pictured in the late 1960s, the view is from Ham Lane towards Peterborough. To the immediate left was where Orton Waterville Station (formerly Overton Station) was sited – today the Nene Valley Railway’s Ferry Meadows station is sited from the point of the nearest telegraph pole centre-left.

Steam off Westwood Bridge

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:17:50 +0000

A superb shot taken from Westwood Bridge looking across to Westwood Works with New England based 9F Class 92186 running light engine. The image was captured in 1958, seven years before the engine was withdrawn.

Dogsthorpe Tram

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:05:40 +0000

A Dogsthorpe bound tram setting off from the market Place terminus – date unknown.

Gibbons Yard, Castor

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:59:35 +0000

A wonderful selection of steam powered agricultural machinery belonging to Harry Gibbons of Castor who declared himself a Threshing Machinist in 1911.

Arborfield Mill, Helpston

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:27:04 +0000

A complaint notice from the Arborfield Mill in Helpston dated 1919. The Mill’s name appears to be derived from a paper mill at Arborfield near Reading, Berks which was run by the Towgood family before it was destroyed by fire. Alfred Towgood was based at St Neots when he purchased the struggling paper mill in Helpston in the 1860s and by the 1890s the mill was employing 46 local villagers.

The mill used a series of on-site bore-holes for its water supplies and continues today as Budget Paper Supplies Ltd (2012).

Thorney c.1917

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:48:39 +0000

From Thorney.Org ……. From 1849, the seventh Duke of Bedford initiated the rebuilding of the village according to high aesthetic and practical standards as a ‘model village’ which would be good for tenants and trades people as well as for the estate.

Samuel Sanders Teulon was the architect chosen. The buildings included many cottages, whose rows form a major architectural feature of modern Thorney. Fresh water and sewage systems, a gas supply and engineering workshops supported the village, together with schools, a post office, shops and a relieving office for the poor and infirm.

The project was built in a picturesque style, borrowing from medieval and Tudor designs in the surrounding local environment.